Federal contractor · GOLDEN, CO

TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES received $7.4M in federal contract obligations in FY2026, on 6 awards (+288% vs FY2025). Since FY2017: $41.1M. Its largest customer was Department of the Army ($7.3M). It also received $36M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026.

Obligations · FY2026
$7.4M
New awards
6
Sole-source
0.7%
Single offer
0.0%
UEI
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Spending by fiscal year

Obligations per federal fiscal year (October–September).

  1. 1.7MFY2017
  2. 2.4MFY2018
  3. 2MFY2019
  4. 10.8MFY2020
  5. 2MFY2021
  6. 2.4MFY2022
  7. 4.9MFY2023
  8. 5.5MFY2024
  9. 1.9MFY2025
  10. 7.4MFY2026

Top buying agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

  1. Department of the Army$7.3M98%
    3 awards
  2. Department of the Navy$110K1.5%
    1 awards
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$50K0.7%
    1 awards
  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$00.0%
    1 awards

What was bought · Where the work was performed

Obligations in FY2026.

What was bought

  1. Research & development$7.4M99%
  2. Professional services$50K0.7%

Where the work was performed

  1. Jefferson County, CO$7.3M99%
  2. District of Columbia, DC$110K1.5%

Integrity signals

Shares of the year's obligations, next to the country's.

  • Low competition0.7%
    US 39% · $50K
  • Sole-source awards0.7%
    US 30% · $50K
  • Single-offer competitions0.0%
    US 8.7% · $0
  • Urgency justifications0.0%
    US 5.1% · $0

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Agencies awarding it sole-source contracts

  1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$50K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 1 awards

Largest awards

  1. ESTCP ER25-9767 CENTER FOR PFAS REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING$7M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Apr 15, 2026 – Apr 15, 2026· W912HQ26CA028
  2. SERDP ER20-3060: FOLLOW-ON TO ER 18-1501$1.6M
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· May 27, 2022 – Mar 2, 2026· W912HQ22C0023
  3. IMPROVING HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MINING THROUGH THE SMART BIT CONCEPT FOR AUTOMATION OF ROCK EXCAVATION UNITS AND DUST MITIGATION$1.2M
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Sep 13, 2019 – Mar 31, 2026· 75D30119C05413
  4. SERDP PROJECT ER24-4143 TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-COST METHOD FOR TOTAL ORGANIC FLUORINE (TOF) ANALYSIS USING HYDROTHERMAL ALKALINE TREATMENT (HALT-TOF)$250.8K
    Department of the Army· Jefferson County, CO· Research & development· Jan 29, 2024 – Oct 16, 2025· W912HQ24C0028
  5. PFAS IN VAPOR TRANSPORT$236K
    Department of the Navy· District of Columbia, DC· Research & development· Sep 10, 2024 – Mar 5, 2026· N3943024C2015
  6. ENGAGING FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES IN A PRE-COMPETITIVE FRAMEWORK FOR TRUST-BUILDING, INNOVATION, AND MARKET INTELLIGENCE IN THE MINING AND EXPLORATION SECTOR.$50K
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration· Jefferson County, CO· Professional services· Jan 22, 2026 – Jun 16, 2026· 80NSSC26P0145

Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES received $36M in federal assistance in FY2026, on 403 actions (43 new awards), −35% vs FY2025. Its largest program was 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program ($6M).

Assistance · FY2026
$36M
New awards
43
Actions
403
Since FY2021
$581M

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 59.1MFY2021
  2. 56.2MFY2022
  3. 239.3MFY2023
  4. 134.7MFY2024
  5. 55.7MFY2025
  6. 36MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$28.7M80%
  2. Direct payments$6.8M19%
  3. Other assistance$545.2K1.5%

Top programs

  1. 84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6M17%
  2. 47.076 · Stem Education (Formerly Education and Human Resources)$3.1M8.6%
  3. 81.049 · Office of Science Financial Assistance Program$2.9M8.0%
  4. 81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program$2.4M6.5%
  5. 47.049 · Mathematical and Physical Sciences$2.1M5.7%
  6. 81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development$2M5.6%
  7. 47.041 · Engineering$2M5.5%
  8. 81.135 · Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy$1.7M4.8%

Awarding agencies

  1. Department of Energy$9.4M26%
  2. National Science Foundation$9.3M26%
  3. Department of Education$7.1M20%
  4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.3M6.4%
  5. National Institutes of Health$1.7M4.8%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  6. National Institute of Standards and Technology$1.6M4.5%
    Department of Commerce
  7. Department of the Navy$1.1M3.0%
    Department of Defense
  8. U.S. Geological Survey$898.7K2.5%
    Department of the Interior

Largest awards

  1. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW - CARBONSAFE EOS: DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL SEQUESTRATION FOR SOUTHERN COLORADO THE SCOPE OF THE WORK INVOLVES…$32.7M
    81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Jul 16, 2024 – Oct 27, 2025· DEFE0032342
  2. THE STEWARDSHIP SCIENCE ACADEMIC ALLIANCES (SSAA) PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2002 TO SUPPORT STATE-OF-THE-ART RESEARCH AT U.S. ACADEMIC…$10M
    81.112 · Stewardship Science Grant Program· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Sep 22, 2023 – Jul 13, 2026· DENA0004152
  3. BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW (BIL) - CTV III CO2 STORAGE PROJECT (CTV III) IN SACRAMENTO BASIN, CALIFORNIA THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE…$8.9M
    81.089 · Fossil Energy Research and Development· Department of Energy· Cooperative agreement· Aug 27, 2024 – Oct 27, 2025· DEFE0032450
  4. WESTEREN US MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAM$7.5M
    93.262 · Occupational Safety and Health Program· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention· Cooperative agreement· Feb 9, 2021 – Aug 14, 2026· U60OH010017
  5. A MULTI-SCALE & INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TO ADDRESS THE ENVIRONMENTAL FATE, TRANSPORT AND REMEDIATION OF PER- & POLYFLUORO-ALKYL…$6.5M
    12.630 · Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering· Department of the Army· Cooperative agreement· Mar 8, 2023 – Feb 5, 2026· W912HZ2320009
  6. GRANT PROGRAM$6M
    84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program· Department of Education· Direct payment for specified use· Aug 19, 2025 – Sep 11, 2026· P063P251201

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $960.7K (8 subawards)
  • Sub-grants: $9.5M (47 subawards)

43 sub-recipients

  1. UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION$3M29%
    SWINDON, GBR · 1 subaward
  2. COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY$935.6K8.9%
    FORT COLLINS, CO · 2 subawards
  3. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$900K8.6%
    SANTA BARBARA, CA · 2 subawards
  4. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$610.1K5.8%
    PRINCETON, NJ · 2 subawards
  5. PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE$573.1K5.5%
    CAMBRIDGE, MA · 1 subaward
  6. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$514.3K4.9%
    AURORA, CO · 2 subawards
  7. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY$379.9K3.6%
    MIAMI, FL · 1 subaward
  8. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$379.9K3.6%
    RALEIGH, NC · 1 subaward
  9. MICROBIO ENGINEERING INC$377.9K3.6%
    SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA · 1 subaward
  10. GLOBAL ALGAE INNOVATIONS, INC$277.1K2.6%
    EL CAJON, CA · 1 subaward

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

  • Sub-contracts: $160.5K (1 subaward)
  • Sub-grants: $3.8M (26 subawards)

18 primes

  1. NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING$1.1M28%
    BLAIRSVILLE, PA · 2 subawards
  2. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$814.3K21%
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 1 subaward
  3. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA$736.2K19%
    TUSCALOOSA, AL · 3 subawards
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE$561.4K14%
    IRVINE, CA · 3 subawards
  5. TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE$268.5K6.8%
    PHILADELPHIA, PA · 2 subawards
  6. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SYSTEM$171.5K4.3%
    ROLLA, MO · 1 subaward
  7. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO$164.2K4.2%
    LA JOLLA, CA · 1 subaward
  8. LEIDOS, INC.$160.5K4.1%
    GAITHERSBURG, MD · 1 subaward
  9. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$92.7K2.3%
    BOULDER, CO · 2 subawards
  10. MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY$59.5K1.5%
    HOUGHTON, MI · 1 subaward

Its reported sub-contracts equal 13% of its FY2026 contract obligations.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $6.9M paid out · $15.8M received
  • FY2022: $9M paid out · $13.3M received
  • FY2023: $8.7M paid out · $12.5M received
  • FY2024: $14.7M paid out · $11.7M received
  • FY2025: $12.7M paid out · $10.8M received
  • FY2026: $10.5M paid out · $4M received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Teaming partners

Companies this company reported paying, primes that reported paying it, from FFATA subaward reports.

Companies it pays

110 companies · $57M reported

  1. UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION$5M
    SWINDON, GBR · 2 subawards
  2. THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY$3.2M
    PRINCETON, NJ · 7 subawards
  3. THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$3M
    BOULDER, CO · 34 subawards

Primes that pay it

75 companies · $62.3M reported

  1. TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC$7.9M
    COLUMBUS, OH · 11 subawards · Facilities support services
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$7M
    BIRMINGHAM, AL · 26 subawards
  3. NATIONAL CENTER FOR DEFENSE MANUFACTURING AND MACHINING$3.8M
    BLAIRSVILLE, PA · 4 subawards

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Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from 2021.

Competitors

Companies that win from the same buyers in the same markets: obligations by agency and industry compared over the last three fiscal years.

Compared on 9 markets (agency × industry), FY2024–FY2026.

  1. TRIHAWK, LLC$14.5M+14% in FY2026
    WEBSTER, TX · 97% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  2. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY$16M+15% in FY2026
    LAS CRUCES, NM · 6 entities · 99% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development services
  3. GSI ENVIRONMENTAL INC.$16.4M−35% in FY2026
    HOUSTON, TX · 99.9% of this company's obligations are in markets they both serveArmy · Scientific research and development servicesNavy · Scientific research and development servicesAir Force · Scientific research and development services

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Who sells to the same buyers in the same markets, not who wins against whom on a given contract. Prime contract obligations by the agency and NAICS code of each award; subawards are never added. A company is a family of legal entities, joined by parent UEI or, in part, by an AI reading of names.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2024–FY2026.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.